Type

For the main classifications of cards (Monster, Spell, or Trap), see Card type. For the classification of Monster Cards according to the color of the card frame, see Monster card type.

Type
Various monsters of the Beast-, Beast-Warrior-, and Winged Beast-Types in the artwork of "The Big Cattle Drive".
Japanese	種（しゅ）族（ぞく）
Japanese (ruby)	しゅぞく
Japanese (base text)	種族
Japanese (romanized)	Shuzoku
Japanese (translated)	Race
English	Type
Other names French: Type German: Typ Italian: Tipo Korean: 종족 (種族) (Jong)jok Portuguese: Tipo Spanish: Tipo Traditional Chinese: 種族 Zhǒngzú / Zung2 zuk6 Simplified Chinese: 种族 Zhǒngzú

Types (種（しゅ）族（ぞく） Shuzoku, also written in text as the specific Type followed by 「族（ぞく）」) are characteristics of Monster Cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! media and card games. They represent the monster's "racial" grouping, and are involved in card effects in the card games.

In the North American English version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories, Type is referred to as Class, abbreviated to Cl. This is changed to Type and Tp respectively in the European English version.

List

The following Types have appeared throughout various games. The list is initially ordered roughly by first appearance of each Type.

The "manga" column only refers to Duel Monsters in the Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! R, and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX series.

The "DDM" column refers to the real-world, manga and video-game versions of Dungeon Dice Monsters.

English	Japanese	Manga	Carddass	OCG/TCG	DDM	DOR	TFK	Rush Duel	Notes
Beast-Warrior	獣戦士	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Manga only refers to it as 系 (Family) rather than 族 (Type).
Zombie	アンデット	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	The name "Zombie" is also used for the "Immortal" and "Yokai" Types in English media.
Magical Knight	魔導騎士	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Called "Warrior" in the English manga
Fiend	悪魔	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Called "Demons and Devils" at one point in the English manga. The "Daemon" Type has also been called "Fiend".
Dinosaur	恐竜	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Dragon	ドラゴン	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	The Carddass uses the Japanese name 竜. This is also used at some points in the Japanese manga.
Beast	獣	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Magic	魔	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	English manga also uses the term "Magic User" or mentions Spellcaster or "Archfiend" in its place. Called "Dark" in the real-world DDM game. Called "Spellcaster" in the DDM video game.
Black Magic	黒魔	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Sometimes called "Spellcaster" in the English manga
White Magic	白魔	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Illusion	幻想魔	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Called "Illusionists" at one point in the English manga
Dark Knight	暗黒騎士	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Daemon	デーモン	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Called "Fiend" in the English manga
Insect	昆虫	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Immortal	不死	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Distinct from the 旧神 (Immortal) Type in DOR. Called "Zombie", "Undead", and "Immortal" at different points in the English manga. Called "Invincible" in the real-world DDMgame. Called "Undead" in the DDM video game.
Winged Beast	鳥獣	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Birdfolk	鳥人	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Wild Beast	野獣	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	English manga mentions "Beast-Warrior" in place of it.
Warrior	戦士	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	English manga also refers to the "Magical Knight" Type as "Warrior".
Knight	騎士	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	English manga often groups "Warrior" and "Knight" together as "Warrior".
Fishman-Beast	魚人獣	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	English manga mentions "Fish" in place of it.
Sea Serpent	海竜	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Dragon Magic	竜魔	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Electroid	電人	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Plantfolk	植人	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Sea Beast	海獣	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Aqua	水	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Was an Attribute in the manga (WATER). Became both a Type and Attribute in the OCG/TCG.
Pyro	炎	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Was an Attribute in the manga (FIRE). Became both a Type and Attribute in the OCG/TCG.
Thunder	雷	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Was an Attribute in the manga (THUNDER).
Spellcaster	魔法使い	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	English manga and DDM video game also refers to the "Magic" Type as "Spellcaster".
Plant	植物	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Rock	岩石	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Reptile	爬虫類	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	In the manga, Reptile is not mentioned in Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-Oh! R. It is stated to be a Type in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
Fairy	天使	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	In the manga, Fairy is not mentioned in Yu-Gi-Oh!. It is mentioned, but not stated to be a Type, in Yu-Gi-Oh! R. It is stated to be a Type in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
Fish	魚	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Machine	機械	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Divine-Beast	幻神獣	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	The manga mentions this by name, but does not refer to it as a Type or mention it in a gameplay context. It is translated as God-Beast in the English manga. A "God" Type is mentioned later in the series.
Immortal	旧神	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Japanese name literally means "Old God". Distinct from the 不死 (Immortal) Type.
Darklands	闇	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Spirit	精霊	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Gadget	ガジェット	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
God	神	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Yokai	妖怪	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Referred to as "Zombie" at one point in the English manga
Psychic	サイキック	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	In the manga, monsters such as "Jinzo" were said to be Psychic cards, but it was not explicitly referred to as a Type.
Creator God	創造神	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Wyrm	幻竜	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Cyberse	サイバース	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Galaxy	ギャラクシー	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Celestial Warrior	天界戦士	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Cyborg	サイボーグ	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
High Dragon	ハイドラゴン	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Omega Psychic	オメガサイキック	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Non-game Types

• Human (人（にん）間（げん） Ningen) is the Type used for "Everyone's King", a card appearing in a fantasy Carly Carmine had in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime. It was released as a non-game card in the OCG/TCG, where it maintained this Type.
• Charisma (カリスマ Karisuma) is a Type used as a joke on "Charisma Token".
• ? is used on some Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Token cards to indicate the Token's Type is variable. (See also: List of ?-Type monsters)
• In the Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS anime, the Newspaper Club used a card-printing machine to create their own cards with their own original Types and Attributes. The Types included:
  • Business (ビジネス Bijinesu) for "The★Luke Division Manager"
  • Newspaper (新聞 Shinbun) for "Masa on the Mic" and "Cub the Picture Popping Paparazzi"
  • Swindler (詐欺 Sagi) for "Tracker the Ultimate Treasure Hunter"
  • Son (息子 Musuko) for "Good Yosh the Overcrusher"
  • Swirls (グルグル Guruguru) for "Adorable Newbie Swirls"

Card text

From "Starter Deck: Link Strike" onward, the word "-Type" was removed from card texts. However, its OCG counterpart retains the word 族（ぞく）. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links uses "-Type" in most cards' texts, even in texts that never included it in the TCG/OCG.

Rush Duel

There are 29 different Types in Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel; they include all Types from the OCG/TCG, except for Illusion, Divine-Beast and Creator God.

Five of these types (all newly-added ones) are exclusive to certain Fusion Monsters, which are thematically fusions of other Types:

• Celestial Warrior (Warrior + Fairy)
• Cyborg (Machine + non-Machine)
• High Dragon (Dragon + Dragon)
• Magical Knight (Spellcaster + non-Spellcaster)
• Omega Psychic (Psychic + Psychic)

Card text

The international release of Yu-Gi-Oh! RUSH DUEL: Dawn of the Battle Royale!! suffixes type names with "Type" (without the hyphen) in card texts.

Type line

On cards, the Type line is the first line in the lore/effect box, printed above the card text. This line lists the monster's Type, any Abilities, and any other monster types such as Tuner, Pendulum, or Effect.

Japanese

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• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）】
• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）・チューナー】(obsolete)
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）・チューナー】
• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／チューナー】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）／チューナー】

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• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）・効（こう）果（か）】 (obsolete)
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）・効（こう）果（か）】

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• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／効（こう）果（か）】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）／効（こう）果（か）】

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• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）・<Ability>／チューナー】 (obsolete)
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）・シンクロ／チューナー】

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• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／<Ability>／チューナー】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）／シンクロ／チューナー】
• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）・<Ability>／効（こう）果（か）】 (obsolete)
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）・チューナー／効（こう）果（か）】
• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／<Ability>／効（こう）果（か）】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）／チューナー／効（こう）果（か）】
• 【<Type name>族（ぞく）／<Ability>／チューナー／効（こう）果（か）】
  • Eg:【ドラゴン族（ぞく）／リバース／チューナー／効（こう）果（か）】

Traditional Chinese

File:Type eg1 zh.png

• 【<Type name>族】
  • Eg:【龍族】
• 【<Type name>族・協調】
  • Eg:【龍族・協調】

File:Type eg2 zh.png

• 【<Type name>族・效果】
  • Eg:【龍族・效果】
• 【<Type name>族・<Ability>／協調】
  • Eg:【龍族・同步／協調】
• 【<Type name>族・<Ability>／效果】
  • Eg:【龍族・協調／效果】

Korean

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• [<Type name>족]
  • Eg: [드래곤족]
• [<Type name>족／튜너]
  • Eg: [드래곤족／튜너]

File:Type eg2 ko.png

• [<Type name>족／효과]
  • Eg: [드래곤족／효과]
• [<Type name>족／<Ability>／튜너]
  • Eg: [드래곤족／싱크로／튜너]
• [<Type name>족／<Ability>／효과]
  • Eg: [드래곤족/튜너/효과]
• [<Type name>족／<Ability>／튜너／효과]
  • Eg: [드래곤족／리버스／튜너／효과]

English

All TCG cards follow the English layout for the Type line. Since the introduction of "Starter Deck: Link Strike", Normal Monsters now have "monster Type/Normal" added to differentiate them from Effect Monsters.

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• [<Type>/Normal]
  • Eg: [Wyrm/Normal]
• [<Type>/Tuner/Effect]
  • Eg: [Dragon/Tuner/Effect]

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• [<Type>/Effect]
  • Eg: [Dragon/Effect]
• [<Type>/<monster card type>/Effect]
  • Eg: [Dragon/Synchro/Effect]
• [<Type>/<monster card type>/Tuner/Effect]
  • Eg: [Dragon/Synchro/Tuner/Effect]
• [<Type>/<Ability>/Effect]
  • Eg: [Dragon/Tuner/Effect]
• [<Type>/<Ability>/Tuner/Effect]
  • Eg: [Dragon/Flip/Tuner/Effect]

Trivia

• The "-Type" text in the flavor text of "Summoned Skull" had its hyphen removed in its Rush Duel iteration (in its international release via Dawn of the Battle Royale!!), reflecting the hyphenless "Type" suffixes in Rush Duel.

See also

• List of ???-Type monsters
  • ???
• Treated as alternate Type
• Changes own Type
• Treated as multiple Types